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Originally Posted by Crowz
Im shopping for an E83 for the wife. I figured the 2.5 should get decent gas mileage for her drives to work.
Basically what I need to know is whats different in an X3 E83 compared to my X5. I know how to shop for an X5 after tons of research and was wondering what to look for buying the X3.
X3 forum here seems a bit dead is why I asked in here.
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The E83 does not get great gas mileage. We had the 3.0 and it was in the low 20's. Highway was mid 20's. It was a solid and reliable vehicle though. Low mileage (even M package optioned ones) ones can be had cheap and there isn't nearly as much to go wrong as there is on an E53. We just sold ours with 104,000 miles to a buddy for $7500 as his sons first car.
If shopping for one, just look for the cleanest example you can find. Usually a clean one has been well cared for. The transfer actuator gears like to go out just as they do on the X5. Check the output shaft boots. Check the pano roof. Pretty much the same stuff as the X5.
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Originally Posted by upallnight
Nawwwww. Most of the people I see driving in E83 are women. They are not into fixing cars. That's what boyfriends and husband are for.
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We bought one for the wife. An 06 M package... last year with the M54 straight 6. Solid car, just sold it to a buddy for his son. She really enjoyed the X3... but she says she'd never go back now that has had the E70. Just a different class of vehicle and she likes the larger size.